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Appalachian Secrets
The Well That Swallowed My Childhood
A well at the edge of an Appalachian town hides more than bones—it holds the narrator’s lost childhood, a town’s silent conspiracy, and the string of beads that tie it all together. When a remote-controlled robot dredges up a battered water dipper and a familiar string of beads, old nightmares awaken. The narrator’s journey home unravels a decades-old trafficking ring, a murdered bride, and a matriarch whose power runs deeper than the river. As memories blur with horror and hope, the truth waits at the bottom of the well—where every secret sinks, but not all stay buried. What happens when the evidence is yours—and the only way out is to face the ghosts you tried to forget?
She Vanished Here: The Volunteer’s Secret
Sometimes the most welcoming towns hold the darkest secrets. When a city volunteer teacher arrives in a tight-knit Appalachian community, she’s greeted with warmth—and a chilling warning from a terrified local girl. As nights fill with strange noises and pale faces at the window, she and her friends uncover a decades-old horror hidden beneath the surface: missing women, broken families, and a town’s unspoken complicity. The closer they come to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes—not just for them, but for the children they swore to protect. When they find the legendary missing teacher, Lily Quinn, alive but shattered, their courage is tested in ways they never imagined. Can justice bring healing, or will the silence of the mountains swallow them too? How do you save a place that might not want to be saved?
Beneath My Bed, Her Ghost Waits
Marcus, trapped in the shadows of his family’s cruelty and poverty, faces a nightmare when a grieving woman searching for her sons stumbles into their rural Appalachian home. As secrets unravel and violence spirals, Marcus must choose between survival and his last shred of humanity. But the cost of silence may haunt him forever.
Reborn With Vengeance: My Sister, My Weapon
Vengeance wears a second skin. Cassie and her sister June died broken, sold and abused in a forgotten Appalachian town. But fate gives them a chilling gift: rebirth in their abusers’ home—and a supernatural Punishment Journal that makes every monster obey. Now, Cassie is the powerless daughter, June the golden son, and together they orchestrate poetic justice for every secret, every scar. But the system’s rules are brutal, and their revenge risks exposing new victims—unless Cassie and June can outwit the town’s deepest evil. As the lines between justice and destruction blur, will their power free the innocent, or damn them all to a second hell? How far would you go to make the past pay?
Thirteen Years Lost in the Mountains
When a reclusive 'wild man' is captured in 1950s Appalachia, his shocking identity unravels a hidden legacy of wartime injustice. As father and son fight for truth and justice across continents and decades, the fate of thousands—and the soul of a nation—hangs in the balance.